Proverbs 5:23
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Cross References
Job 4:21Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
Psalms 81:12And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
Proverbs 14:14From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.
Proverbs 21:16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23
Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →